SYMBICORT Reviews (BUDESONIDE; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE DIHYDRATE)Average Rating: 2.4 (274 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SYMBICORT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SYMBICORT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | COPD | Started on 160 and after heart palpitations dose reduced to 80.4 BID. The medication gave me tremors, slight weight gain, moon face, and excess sputum production. Leg cramps were horrible and every physician I questioned had no suggestions to relieve them. After 4 horrible years on it I asked my pulmonologist to get me off Symbicort and was recently prescribed Anoro. This works much better for me and I am glad to be off the steroids. Haven't used a rescue inhaler since changing medication. | F | 65 | 4 years 80.4 2X day | 7/18/2016 | 1 | Asthma | Weight gain, muscle cramping | I eat a healthy 1300 calories a day, run 10+ miles per week, and I gained about 20 lbs taking this.... | F | 45 | 120 days 2X day | 6/7/2016 | 5 | COPD, Pulm. Sarc., Bronchiectasis | Since on Symbicort I've only experienced hoarseness. This is an extremely minor thing compared to not being able to breath properly. | I was hesitant about starting this inhaler because of the black box warning. FYI...Uncontrolled asthma also increases your chances of death!!!! | F | 43 | 2 months 80/4.5 | 5/31/2016 | 5 | breathing well controlled | hoarseness, bruising. | Advair did not work well for me. I constantly had to run inhaler under water to get it unplugged. I was thrilled when my insurance switched me to Symbicort. I breathe better and use my rescue inhaler less often. I also use Synthroid for hypo, which I had previous to using any steroid inhaler. It has not affected my thyroid or dosage in the slightest. The benefits outweigh my side effects. | F | 44 | 2 years 160 2X day | 4/23/2016 | 2 | Asthma | I took Advair for years and loved it. My insurance made me switch to Symbicort because it was cheaper and they required that I failed on Symbicort before they would pay for Advair. I have had to use my rescue inhaler more frequently on Symbicort, I'm experiencing an irregular heart beat and worsening of msk pain. I've also gained 20 pounds and my thyroid has gone from normal to hypo. I stopped taking it this week and am hoping to see some of the negative symptoms subside. | I've had lifelong asthma and know how to manage it well with meds. Not a fan of symbicort. It's cheaper than advair by half, but I have to take 4xs as much to get an affect and the side affects are far worse. | F | 41 | 9 months 2X day | 4/6/2016 | 1 | newly dx'd COPD | blurry vision. lost ability to sing - definitely impacted vocal cords, dehydrated, fatigued, exercise intolerance, painful muscle spasms in FINGERS, heartburn = low stomach acid = up goes H. Pylori = up goes asthmatic symptoms | Pulmonologist ordered 10mg of Prednisone and Symbicort. post 8 day hospitalization for severe bronchitis - scope and culture and sensitivity negative. Prednisone QID for 5 days, TID for 5 days, BID for 5 days and then once a day for 5 days. Crashed on day after last 10mg Prednisone dose taken. Doctor did not follow 2.5 mg dosage lowering switch from oral steroids (Prednisone) to inhaled steroid (Symbicort). Article on Drugs.com about transferring patients from systemic corticosteroid therapy. Expect months for my system to recover from adrenal crisis. | F | 67 | 4 weeks 160/4.5MCG 2X day | 4/6/2016 | 1 | Insurance will not cover Advair | Swollen face, eyes, and legs, sick to stomach,dizzy, feel like I will throw up hard time thinking runny nose fast heart beat | This is the worse drug anybody could use, it should be taken off the market asap!! | F | 56 | 5 days 160-4.5 2X day | 3/21/2016 | 1 | As a preventative asthma pump | Heart palpitations which caused dizziness, shortness of breath, chest discomfort and mood is low. | I have had asthma all my life. I've always been on the pumps and most recently I was on seretide 250 which I was perfectly happy with. On a routine asthma check they decided to move me to symbicort, obviously I asked them why because I was happy. They showed me a little medical book that belongs to them. Seretide cost something like £65, symbicort £7.50. I appreciated their honesty and gave it a go, but the difference in price is shown through how horrible a drug this is. I've never had problems ever with any asthma pump or with my health, yet this week I've seen the doctor twice and also went to a&e through these absolutely horrible side effects. I could barely walk let alone jog without the heart palpitations stopping me in my tracks and it alarmed me. I'm fit yet I'm worried to do anything at the moment. Obviously I'm off it now and have been for 4 days, I'm still getting symptoms so I'm hoping it's working it's way out of my body. It's a horrible cheap drug and I would NOT recommend it. | F | 35 | 2 weeks 200 | 3/18/2016 | 4 | Asthma | Severe leg cramps. I started taking magnesium | Reduce frequency of dosages if possible | M | 60 | 6 months 1X day | 3/17/2016 | 5 | Asthma | Lots of phllem | F | 45 | 7 days | 3/14/2016 | 1 | Asthma | Non stop cough, dizziness, loss of voice, elevated blood pressure,rash on lower back | F | 80 | 3 days 80 2X day | 2/27/2016 | 5 | Chronic cough and lost voice | None | It stop cough | M | 67 | 2 months 160/4.5 | 2/25/2016 | 5 | Copd - emphazema | Short term coarse voice | I've taken Symbicort for 15 or 16 years & it's done some really good things for my breathing & my lungs ! | M | 61 | 2 times 4 puffs | 2/10/2016 | 1 | Sardcosis, | Throat swelling, weak,mucus build up, bleary-eyed,and many more problems. | This is a very dangerous drug. I believe this drug is killing me. | M | 60 | 1 days | 2/6/2016 | 3 | COPD | Worst is development of asthma -like bronchospasms and violent allergic response to wood smoke, etc. Am also getting severe dyspnea when I take some oral medications. Muscle cramps, pain and neuropathy symptoms. | It worked great for awhile but has turned on me! | F | 68 | 3 years 80 mcg 2X day | 2/1/2016 | 1 | Copd | Started with hoarseness, then slurring, can't talk right. Muscle weakness, get generally, feel awful. | Feel so bad on this stuff. Talking to doctor, stopping it. | F | 81 | 10 months 80 | 2/1/2016 | 1 | Copd | Weigh gain and severe bronchitis cough | F | 61 | 4 months 60 | 1/25/2016 | 1 | Allergic asthma | Weight gain,although my pulmonary dr insists that becuz the meds go straight to the lungs it will not cause weight gain....increased lung infections,i had to go on antibiotics and prednisone every single month to clear it up. Constantly clearing my throat..shortness of breath,wheezing constantly...an over production of mucous...a non-productive, CONSTANT cough that left me exhausted…the quality of my skin (face)is terrible…just SO MANY side effects.I've been on symbicort for almost three years and I feel worse than ever…have decided to stop taking it…having asthma itself is FAR better than dealing with all of these side effects. | I think Satan himself created this drug... | F | 44 | 3 years 160 | 1/17/2016 | 1 | Asthma | Angioedema, chronic sinusitis, gained 60 lbs, insomnia, heart palpitations, anxiety, skin sore that won't heal, worsening asthma, hoarseness, joint pain, neck pain | Thanks to people's comments I realized on my own why my health was deteriorating. The doctors constantly told me it doesn't cause weight gain, but it did. I was eating healthier and exercising and the weight kept going up rather quickly. And on top it was making my asthma worse and more frequent. I have stopped for 3 months now and I feel so much better already. The puffiness in my face and throat and angioedma have gone, and my asthma is less intense and frequent without the medication. Back on Albuterol as needed. | F | 39 | 5 years 30 | 1/15/2016 | 5 | moderate persistent asthma | When I first started taking it, I experienced headaches and was extremely jittery for awhile after taking it. Those symptoms subsided with time. I do have a mild sore throat at times, voice hoarseness, and leg cramps. None of my side effects are severe. | Symbicort has helped reduce my asthma symptoms significantly. I don't have to use my proventil inhaler as frequently. | F | 34 | 2 years 160 | 1/14/2016 |